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HomeEducation CodeDiv. 4Pt. 26Ch. 2Art. 8§ 46201 School Instructional Time Requirements

§ 46201 School Instructional Time Requirements

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§ 46201 School Instructional Time Requirements

Key Takeaways

  • •Schools must teach kids for a certain number of minutes each year, depending on their grade.
  • •If a school teaches kids for fewer minutes than required, the state will take away some of its money.
  • •The amount of money taken away depends on how many minutes the school missed.

Example

A school in 5th grade only teaches kids for 50,000 minutes instead of the required 54,000 minutes.

The school didn't teach the kids enough, so the state will take away some of its money. The more minutes missed, the more money is taken away.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 46201 School Instructional Time Requirements

(a) For each school district that received an apportionment pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, as it read on January 1, 2013, and that reduces the amount of instructional time offered below the minimum amounts specified in subdivision (b), the Superintendent shall withhold from the school district’s local control funding formula grant apportionment pursuant to Section 42238.02, as implemented by Section 42238.03, for the average daily attendance of each affected grade level, the sum of that apportionment multiplied by the percentage of the minimum offered minutes at that grade level that the school district failed to offer. (b) Commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year: (1) Thirty-six thousand minutes in kindergarten. (2) Fifty thousand four hundred minutes in grades 1 to 3, inclusive. (3) Fifty-four thousand minutes in grades 4 to 8, inclusive. (4) Sixty-four thousand eight hundred minutes in grades 9 to 12, inclusive. (Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 357, Sec. 30. (SB 97) Effective September 26, 2013.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

schoolofferporteffective septemberattendance

Related Statutes

  • § 46200 School District Funding Withholding
  • § 46202 Instructional Time Funding Penalty
  • § 46146.5 Early College Attendance Rules
  • § 46201.5 Special Education Instructional Time
  • § 46207 Minimum Instructional Minutes

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Education Code. Section 46201.
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